★ A carefully produced early Christian weight ★

BYZANTINE. 4th-6th centuries. Weight (Orichalcum, 22x22 mm, 39.82 g), a square coin weight with plain edges. Large Chi-Rho and E inlaid in silver. Rev. Blank. Bendall -. CPAI -. Cf. Leu 3 (2018), 334 (B not E) MAH -. A very interesting and carefully produced early Christian weight. Very fine.

This piece was very likely produced in the same workshop as the weight in Leu 3 (2018), 334: not only is the Chi-Rho very similarly designed with a rectangular loop on the P and serifs on the X, the weights also both correspond to a unit of around 8 g (B = 2 = 16.89 g and E = 5 = 39.82 g).